| 单词 | that is saying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthat is saying (little, much, etc.) f. that is saying (little, much, etc.) and variants: (used to qualify or intensify a preceding statement) that is to concede (little, much, etc.); that statement is striking or noteworthy (to a greater or lesser degree). ΚΠ 1736 H. Jacob Genuine Dialogue 3 I have been employed up and down in Taverns and Bagnios..and that's saying a great deal, a great deal, Mistress Lætitia. 1779 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 332 Dr. Johnson was as brilliant as I have ever known him,—& that's saying Something. 1849 C. Brontë Let. 5 Apr. in C. Shorter C. Brontë & her Circle (1896) xvi. 440 I cannot perceive that she is feebler now than she was a month ago, though that is not saying much. 1917 E. Fenwick Diary 13 Nov. in Elsie Fenwick in Flanders (1981) 183 The worst and hardest day I've had for weeks and that's saying a good deal. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street vii. 59 He had with him a battery of the stuffiest lawyers in the Paris bar, and that is saying a lot. 1969 K. Giles Death cracks Bottle vi. 64 The most impecunious peer in Ireland, which is saying something. 1992 New Musical Express 4 Apr. 26/4 Thus far, only one of his efforts..has fallen foul of any censorship regulations, but that isn't saying much when the outlets for ‘alternative’ videos are as rare as Sock Shops in the Sahara. < as lemmas |
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